Can confirm. Starting to learn who those certain seal clubbers are. And going after them as soon as i can albeit mostly losing in the process.

Because they have 5 times more battles in their plane than you have in total. Better try to seek your advantage in numbers. Kill as many in the very beginning as possible. "Viele Hasen sind des Jaegers Tod".

When you encounter a known clubber, lock him in your target window & press F2 to sic your bots on him. While he's trying to avoid and/or kill them, you might have a chance to sneak in behind him.

Here's another post I made regarding bot control:

Zapperguy, on 12 August 2016 - 10:41 AM, said:

I have had moderate success with the latest iteration of bots following commands. You have to look at the big picture, not just use bot commands as a panic button.

To have better luck:

You need to stay with the pack - Do Not Lead !!! If you are in the lead, you will be the first spotted by the ENTIRE enemy team. First spotted is often the first killed.

Let the bots lead as you climb in the direction you want them to go. Climbing will slow your forward progress allowing some of the bots to take the lead, but they will go in the direction of a human that is with them even if he/she is not in front. Remember, multiple humans means the bots can't follow everybody if you split up. Coordinate with the humans on your team.

Don't use F7 preemptively! They will reply "Negative" every time, which is appropriate. F7 is "Clear my tail" - enemy are chasing you and you are in imminent danger. I only use this when I have multiple enemy chasing me. And again, you must be near/in the pack. They will not help you across the map.

F4 is not an effective command, save the keystroke.

F2 is your friend. "Coordinated attack on..." Your job before you think about using it, is to lock the enemy you want targeted. Letting the game autolock whatever is in front of you, and then pressing F2 works sometimes. But, I use "next target" in my control setup which allows me to toggle through the available targets until the one I want help with is in the little target window and the game says target locked. Then I press F2.

Didn't work? Were you still near the pack? How many red vs how many green were there? Were they actively engaged? Did you answer your bots' "SOS" cries? If your bots are right on an enemy bot's tail or have an enemy bot chasing them, they won't break off to help you attack a different plane. You have to be aware of the bots' situation as well as your own. They are your teammates, such as it is.

Situational awareness is something that comes with experience in this game, continually improving over time (if you're doing it right). Don't get target-focused and lose track of both where you are on the map and where the enemy and your team are. It can happen to anyone but newer players are the most susceptible.

Finally, if you are near the ground and your team is at altitude fighting above you, then they generally won't break off making themselves easy targets as they dive to help you.

If you are in a GA being attacked by another GA at the start, bots won't come down for you, but you shouldn't really need them to.

But really flying against 3-man Drac flights is what made me the pilot I am today........

Two top pilots in a flight are really no different than three top pilots in a flight.

WilhelmvonPreussen, on 27 February 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Can confirm. Starting to learn who those certain seal clubbers are. And going after them as soon as i can albeit mostly losing in the process.

RedSpartacus, on 27 February 2017 - 02:09 PM, said:

Because they have 5 times more battles in their plane than you have in total. Better try to seek your advantage in numbers. Kill as many in the very beginning as possible. "Viele Hasen sind des Jaegers Tod".

One problem is the clubblers live in planes that are over powered in single and two tier matches like the F3F. When those planes saw three tier matches the pilots had to be on top of their game to do well. What I have found is most of the professional seal clubbers are actually not very good and if you aren't flying a completely disadvantaged plane particularly in speed and maneuverability you can take them down pretty easy. The real danger in the low tiers are the experienced pilots that drop down for dailies.

I used to have a handle on life until it broke off.

“The church is near but the road is icy, the tavern is far away but I will walk carefully”

Don't bother playing this crap game. Elite Clans will flood MM, and ruin your day. The Bots magically know where you are, and can stop their plane but not stall. This game is completely ridiculous, and a waste of your time.

Don't bother playing this crap game. Elite Clans will flood MM, and ruin your day. The Bots magically know where you are, and can stop their plane but not stall. This game is completely ridiculous, and a waste of your time.

Don't bother playing this crap game. Elite Clans will flood MM, and ruin your day. The Bots magically know where you are, and can stop their plane but not stall. This game is completely ridiculous, and a waste of your time.

If I was rocking a 33% win rate vs bots Id think the game was a waste of my time too. Try tanks...not as hard..